199 Quotes by Thomas More

It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.

Isn't this conception of absolute justice absolutely unjust?

Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance.

but in Utopia, where every man has a right to everything, they all know that if care is taken to keep the public stores full no private man can want anything; for among them there is no unequal distribution, so that no man is poor, none in necessity, and though no man has anything, yet they are all rich; for what can make a man so rich as to lead a serene and cheerful life, free from anxieties; neither apprehending want himself, nor vexed with the endless complaints of his wife?

but in Utopia, where every man has a right to everything, they all know that if care is taken to keep the public stores full no private man can want anything; for among them there is no unequal distribution, so that no man is poor, none in necessity, and though no man has anything, yet they are all rich; for what can make a man so rich as to lead a serene and chreerful life, free from anxieties; neither apprehending want himself, nor vexed with the endless complaints of his wife?

We are all in the same cart, going to execution; how can I hate anyone or wish anyone harm?

It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else's enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.

Utopialıların hiç anlamadıkları ve tiksindikleri bir başka delilik de şuydu: İnsanlar hiç alışverişleri olmayan bir zengine, salt zengindir diye bir tanrıymış gibi saygı gösteriyorlardı.

Yasaları çiğnemeden mutluluğu aramak en akıllıca davranıştır. Utopialılar için herkesin iyiliğine çalışmaksa bir dindir. Kendi rahatını sağlamaya çalışırken başkasını rahatından etmek haksızlığın kendisidir.